Big Think YouTube Stats

@bigthink · Science & Education · Updated Nov 8, 2026

Big Think channel overview

Big Think (@bigthink) is a YouTube channel in the Science & Education niche created in 2006. It has 9.1M subscribers and 1.1B total views across 10K videos, an average of 108K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 275K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 262K views. Over the last 12 months, Big Think published 25 videos (40% Shorts), and 2 of them (8%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

How much does Big Think make?

Returbe estimates Big Think's YouTube ad revenue at $8.1K – $28K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $3.31 to $11.36, typically $6.15, based on the channel's niche, audience language and the share of its views coming from Shorts. At that rate, 1 million long-form views earn about $6.2K.

Ad revenue is only part of the picture: sponsorships, affiliate links, memberships and merch often pay more than ads. Learn how RPM varies by niche in how much YouTubers make per 1,000 views, or check any channel with the free monetization checker.

Upload schedule

Big Think publishes about 19.6 videos a month. Based on its last 25 uploads, its most common upload day is Friday (28% of uploads), usually around 03:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 7, 2026.

Big Think's best outlier videos

An outlier is a video that beats the channel's own typical views. These are Big Think's biggest hits relative to its normal, the ideas its audience responded to most. What is an outlier video?

• One of the world's greatest mathematicians explains 6 essential concepts of math | Terence Tao2.9M views · Sep 9, 202611.1× typical views
• The hidden trap of overthinking | Lisa Damour134K views · Oct 28, 20265.1× typical views
• Why listening beats problem solving | Lisa Damour71K views · Nov 4, 20262.7× typical views
• The shock of doing nothing | Andrew Holecek695K views · Oct 18, 20262.7× typical views
• Arguing is a constructive skill: The blueprint to build yours | Bo Seo: Full Interview357K views · Oct 9, 20261.4× typical views
• The political philosophy that changed the world | Jonathan Rauch: Full Interview334K views · Oct 9, 20261.3× typical views
• How tiny actions grow into sustained happiness | Tal Ben-Shahar: Full Interview313K views · Oct 9, 20261.2× typical views
• How to change your toxic relationship | Ramani Durvasula31K views · Oct 30, 20261.2× typical views

Latest videos

4 of Big Think's last 25 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• The laws of the universe are unable to explain these origin mysteries | Paul Davies: Full Interview167K views · Nov 7, 20260.6× typical views
• How fast was T. Rex? | Steve Brusatte17K views · Nov 6, 20260.7× typical views
• One-way doors vs. two-way doors | Dambisa Moyo8.7K views · Nov 5, 20260.3× typical views
• Why listening beats problem solving | Lisa Damour71K views · Nov 4, 20262.7× typical views
• The absurd power of shared belief | Lisa Feldman Barrett74K views · Nov 3, 20260.3× typical views
• What is life? | Paul Davies14K views · Nov 2, 20260.5× typical views
• 1 in 6 people are narcissists. Learn to spot them early | Ramani Durvasula: Full Interview301K views · Oct 31, 20261.1× typical views
• How to change your toxic relationship | Ramani Durvasula31K views · Oct 30, 20261.2× typical views
• How did dinosaurs get so big? | Steve Brusatte24K views · Oct 28, 20260.9× typical views
• The hidden trap of overthinking | Lisa Damour134K views · Oct 28, 20265.1× typical views

The Science & Education niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 3.5K videos from 522 channels in this niche. 12.6% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 14K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $3.5 to $12.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: Wonderism HQ (53K subs, best video 353.8×), ClipazoPodcast (29K subs, best video 25.5×), The Scale Room (1.4K subs, best video 391.6×), Yorp (10K subs, best video 26.1×), The Why Side (49K subs, best video 185.1×), The Cosmic Narrative (5.4K subs, best video 25.2×).

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Frequently asked questions

Data from Returbe's index of YouTube channels, collected from public YouTube data. Earnings are estimates from views and RPM benchmarks, not figures from the channel. Returbe is not affiliated with Big Think or YouTube.